now and forever, Zaza Wish [popular e readers .TXT] 📗

I honestly didn't know why Scott was making a big deal about me leaving early, I hardly ever leave early, it was just a small favor. Everyone does, a few days a week never hurt anyone. Where not exactly chasing anything now.
“A break? You just don’t get it, Riki? You are a key importance in this mission, how could you leave now?”
“Yea... let’s see... I’m basically luring in the prey for you to catch. Big key importance... Besides you’re goanna lay all your facts based on the legend?”
“Fine then... take the rest of the day off, but keep your communicator close to you in case we get anything new...”
Sure, sure.. See ya guys!” I wave to everyone before heading off. I think this mission is turning Scott into a nervous wreck. Hard day at work. I shake it off and head home, I glance at my watch. 11:30pm, gosh, my shift was going to be over in half an hour, why would he get so upset with me leaving just a little early. Sometimes I don’t understand Scott. The sunny sky that once was up now turned dark blue. The street lamps lit up the side walk. I look around; not many people are out at this time, I make a sharp left down the street. No point in going home when all I do is close my eyes to nothing. I walk on the side walk looking into the window shops and pubs that were lined up on each side of the street. Most of them were closed for the night, except one called Night Light, a little shop that had odd trinkets of sort in it. I peek in the window and see an elder man at his desk reading a book called The last element, interesting title I thought. The little shop was an old small brick building that was losing its paint on the door. I slowly open the door and walk in. A bell above my head dings as the door taps it. The man looks up from his desk and smiles as me. I see that he has some wrinkles across his forehead.
“Welcome to Night Light, a shop where you can always find light from the dark. We have luck charms, spell and fortune books and rock charms. If you want you can get a question answered. For your first one free, but the next is going to cost you 8 dollars.”
I give him a small smile and I nod as I look around. It was pretty dim in the shop; the only lights were the small lamps that were placed on the little round wooded tables that were placed randomly in the room. A large book case was against the wall to my left while boxes with charms and trinkets and rings were on my right. I walked over to the book case and looked at the vintage books that had that old stale book smell. I read the cover of the book titles to myself but my lips whispered the words. Magic spells for luck, The universe is your fate, You choose and fate decides, The last element. Once I read the cover, I pulled out the book from the case and dusted it off a bit. There was no description on the back; I opened it to the first page.
The young girl, trapped and alone, the young girl does nothing but stops to watch, at times she will add in her own thought. She can be known as a veil, for she hides secretly but can change the thinnest item and change ones course. She is alone and her gift or curse is the only thing she has that makes her alone. As the story goes, she was protected by her loving parents to meet up again later in time. But for now she is alone…
Wow, deep stuff I thought. I closed the book and placed it back into the shelf.
“Do you wish to buy that book?” the old man asked me.
“oh, um, no thanks – I was just looking.” I say.
“People don’t pick up books or items if it didn’t interest them; it has to have some importance for you to pick that book up…hmmm?” The old man looks at me through his thick rimmed glasses.
“I- well yea, it did interest me but it’s not what I need.” The man nods his head at me and continues to read his book. I then wave goodbye and head out for a walk.


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Publication Date: 02-14-2011

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